The newly-formed Creation Care Task Force is presently organizing. Anyone interested in becoming a part of the task force is welcome to contact Paul Metzloff at metzloffs@juno.com. For more information view their Facebook page (NEPA Creation Care).

The “Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope and Justice” social statement explains the ELCA’s teachings on ecology and the environment, grounded in a biblical vision of God’s intention for the healing and wholeness of creation. This statement provides a Christian understanding of the human role to serve in creation, and a hope rooted in God’s faithfulness to the creation from which humans emerge and depend upon for sustaining life. It provides a framework for understanding the human role in creation, the problem of sin and the current environmental crisis.

“Caring for Creation” expresses a call to pursue justice for creation through active participation, solidarity, sufficiency and sustainability, and states the commitments of the ELCA for pursuing wholeness for creation — commitments expressed through individual and community action, worship, learning, moral deliberation and advocacy.

You can read or download the full social statement “Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope and Justice” in English or en español. This statement was adopted in 1993 by the ELCA Churchwide Assembly.

Follow these links to find supplemental resources for understanding this social statement: